12. Why is there an old railroad track buried at Sweetwater (as discovered by Cheyenne)?

McBain was a railroad man, (that's how he knew the trains would need water and why he picked Sweetwater for his "ranch") the route was laid out way in advance of actual construction why not get a wagon and haul a few rails and ties out and lay them in place so the station can be built around the tracks, remember he already ordered the wood, sign, etc, etc for the station, when the construction arrives they just have to connect it to what he's got laid out.

« : December 04, 2016, 08:02:27 PM cigar joe »

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McBain was a railroad man, (that's how he knew the trains would need water and why he picked Sweetwater for his "ranch") the route was laid out way in advance of actual construction why not get a wagon and haul a few rails and ties out and lay them in place so the station can be built around the tracks, remember he already ordered the wood, sign, etc, etc for the station, when the construction arrives they just have to connect it to what he's got laid out.

Yep.

No matter how cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, the reflection always looks you straight in the eye.

McBain was a railroad man, (that's how he knew the trains would need water and why he picked Sweetwater for his "ranch") the route was laid out way in advance of actual construction why not get a wagon and haul a few rails and ties out and lay them in place so the station can be built around the tracks, remember he already ordered the wood, sign, etc, etc for the station, when the construction arrives they just have to connect it to what he's got laid out.

Surely some folks would've have noticed that McBain's supplies included some train track rails, and then there would have been no mystery what McBain was up to out there...

Surely some folks would've have noticed that McBain's supplies included some train track rails, and then there would have been no mystery what McBain was up to out there...

What you have to remember is that the route would have been laid out five or more years in advance. McBain knowing of this had plenty of time purchase the Sweetwater location and to get the supplies and haul them out there well before the boomtown of Flagstone was even on the map. Rails were available at bigger towns especially in mining district areas at hardware stores for miners.

The railroad and it's route engineers knew what was going on since they gave him the contract for the station. The clueless locals probably had no idea what was going on, hence thinking he was crazy.

« : March 30, 2017, 02:52:48 AM cigar joe »

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